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This Month's Events

Wed 17

Worlds Within Worlds 09:00am @ American Center for Physics

This exhibit features works inspired by current trends in science as well as technology, medicine. and mathematics. The works will be displayed in the ACP rotunda and ground floor public spaces.


Wed 17

Walter Reed's Last Ocularist 10:00am @ National Museum of Health and Medicine

As an ocularist, Vincent Przybyla was one of a small number of ocularists trained to make prosthetic eyes. He saw an average of eight patients a day in his shop at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRA


Wed 17

Research Matters: A GI Journey 10:00am @ National Museum of Health and Medicine

This exhibit, presented by The National Museum of Health and Medicine of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), details the history of endoscopy and new technological advances in the field.


Wed 17

The Textile Learning Center 10:00am @ Textile Museum

The Textile Learning Center's Activity Gallery provides opportunities for Museum visitors of all ages to learn about how textiles are made and the ways in which cultural traditions, the environme


Wed 17

Growing Up in Washington 10:00am @ National Museum of Health and Medicine

This exhibit features photos and reminiscences that recall museum experiences spanning the past 140 years, featuring memories of childhood visits.


Wed 17

Battlefield Surgery 101: From the Civil War to Vietnam 10:00am @ National Museum of Health and Medicine

This exhibit, drawn exclusively from the museum's historical archives and historical collections, presents the highlights of the evolution of military surgical activities over the last 140 years


Wed 17

Blood, Sweat and Saline: Combat Medicine in the Korean Conflict 10:00am @ National Museum of Health and Medicine

This exhibit features surgical instruments used in a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital and an artificial kidney machine used in the field. The exhibit makes the story of medicine during the Korean War com


Wed 17

The Art of Living: Textile Furnishings From the Permanent Collection 10:00am @ Textile Museum

This exhibit will highlight the historical and cultural breadth of the Textile Museum's collection through the display of textile furnishings, including hangings, rugs, chair covers, cushions and


Wed 17

From A Single Cell 10:00am @ National Museum of Health and Medicine

This exhibit documents human development from the embryonic stage to age five and includes real human specimens from the museum's Human Developmental Anatomy Collection (HDAC). It also features a


Wed 17

To Bind Up the Nation's Wounds: Medicine During the Civil War 10:00am @ National Museum of Health and Medicine

This exhibit shows Civil War medicine through the eyes of battlefield surgeons and the stories of Union and Confederate sick and wounded.


Wed 17

Contemporary Japanese Fashion: the Mary Baskett Collection 10:00am @ Textile Museum

In the 1970s and early 1980s, Japanese designers Issey Miyake, Rei Kawakubo and Yohji Yamamoto shocked the fashion world by introducing avant-garde styles that challenged received Western notions of &


Wed 17

Human Body, Human Being 10:00am @ National Museum of Health and Medicine

On display at the museum are preserved specimens from the major body systems and medical artifacts and instruments important in the development of modern medicine and hospitals.


Wed 17

History of the National Museum of Health and Medicine - AFIP 10:00am @ National Museum of Health and Medicine

The National Museum of Health and Medicine is remembered by many as the Army Medical Museum and has been located in some of Washington's most historic and memorable buildings.


Wed 17

Evolution of the Microscope 10:00am @ National Museum of Health and Medicine

This exhibit features items from the world's largest and most representative collection in tracing the development of the basic tool of the bioscientist over the last 400 years.


Wed 17

Guided Winery Tours 10:00am @ Linganore Winecellars at Berrywine Plantation

Learn the science and art of fine winemaking in a casual and fun atmosphere. Take a guided tour of the entire winemaking process, from the delicate crushing of vine-ripened fruits to the methodical bo


Wed 17

Sevres Then and Now: Tradition and Innovation in Porcelain, 1750-2000 10:00am @ Hillwood Museum & Gardens

This exhibit includes more than fifty ceramics spanning three centuries, showcasing the longstanding achievements of this famous French porcelain factory.


Wed 17

Fabrics of Feathers and Steel: the Innovation of Nuno 10:00am @ Textile Museum

Nuno (meaning "functional fabric" in Japanese) integrates the techniques, materials and aesthetics of traditional Japanese textiles with cutting-edge technologies in order to create some of


Wed 17

Research Matters: Environmental and Toxicological Effects of Arsenic 10:00am @ National Museum of Health and Medicine

This exhibit highlights the developing science of medical geology used by the museum's parent organization, the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, to study health problems associated with expos


Wed 17

The Suburban Ideal: Domestic Architecture in Montgomery County - 1890-2010 10:00am @ Waters House History Center

This exhibit will look at the wide range of architectural styles found in suburban homes built in Montgomery County neighborhoods, 1890 to 2010. On display will be historic photographs, maps, architec


Wed 17

Adam Parker Smith: the Bad the Bad the Bad 11:00am @ University of Maryland

The solo exhibition features internationally recognized artist Adam Parker Smith's most famous works with various types of media that were used throughout his career. His latest work, the install